From 2003 to 2005 I worked in Windows Mobile. In a mad dash to achieve checklist-style feature parity with RIM, features were bolted-on with little thought giv

From 2003 to 2005 I worked in Windows Mobile. In a mad dash to achieve checklist-style feature parity with RIM, features were bolted-on with little thought given towards achieving real cohesion amongst what was being built. The culture was stifling because the strategy was to fast-follow rather than to take risks innovating. EDIT: Apple and Google simply changed who Microsoft was following, rather than the overall execution strategy.